Autodidacts

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"Forget about the senior prom and go to the library and educate yourself, if you’ve got any guts." —Frank Zappa
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Running with Scissors
by Augusten Burroughs
15,421 members
321 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
aulsmith
3
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
13,168 members
693 reviews
3.8
Member
RuMuse
4
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigel
1,242 members
21 reviews
3.9
Member
smcwl
5
The Declaration of the Rights of Women
by Olympe de Gouges
139 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
6
The Weight of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
1,592 members
77 reviews
4.1
Member
RuMuse
7
Autobiography of Maxim Gorky: My Childhood; In the World; My Universities
by Maxim Gorky
186 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
smcwl
8
Songs of Experience
by William Blake
393 members
5 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
Dilara86
9
Abraham Lincoln: A Life
by Michael Burlingame
158 members
6 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
smcwl
10
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Other Writings
by Benjamin Franklin
2,916 members
10 reviews
3.9
Member
smcwl
11
Michael Faraday: A Biography
by L. Pearce Williams
33 members
½ 4.5
Member
smcwl
12
A Russian Childhood
by S. Kovalevskaya
47 members
1 review
3.9
Member
smcwl
13
Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography
by Frank Lloyd Wright
276 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
smcwl
14
George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation
by George Washington
1,182 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
smcwl
15
Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher
by Tom Bethell
27 members
4
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smcwl